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Obama’s group Organizing for Action finally takes up climate change … sort of
The Obama team isn't pushing for climate legislation, it's just trying to embarrass climate deniers in Congress. But better than nothing, right?
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A big blow for Big Coal in Wisconsin
One coal-fired power plant will be shut down and others will be cleaned up to make amends for air pollution violations, thanks to the EPA.
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The state(s) of the ag-gag
Check out our interactive map of all of America's farm protection, or ag-gag, laws, from 1990 to today.
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Troubled slaughter: Big Ag fights to keep out prying eyes
The industrial farm lobby is pushing tough laws that turn documenting animal abuse into a criminal activity. How did we get here?
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Free-market fans hate climate science, heart conspiracy theories
Why do climate deniers refuse to accept that climate change is happening despite overwhelming scientific evidence? A new study may provide a clue.
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Court hands EPA a victory in fight against mountaintop-removal mining
A federal appeals court has ruled that the EPA can block a permit for a big, controversial coal mine in West Virginia. Activists are celebrating.
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EPA bashes State Department’s ‘insufficient’ Keystone report
The EPA says State still hasn't done its homework on the Keystone XL pipeline's potential environmental effects.
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Koch brothers want to buy L.A. Times, Chicago Tribune, six other papers
Billionaire oil barons Charles and David Koch -- mega-funders of climate denial and right-wing causes -- are looking to get into the media business.
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A tale of two Earth Day heroes: Tim DeChristopher and Sandra Steingraber
Just as DeChristopher is being released from prison, where he served 18 months for disrupting an oil and gas auction, Steingraber is going to jail for protesting fracking.
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GOP goes hunting for EPA emails about turducken
… but misses the big picture of the agency's transparency problems.
